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College Math Placement Test

The document contains a 10 question placement test covering math skills like simplifying expressions, evaluating expressions for given values, solving equations, using formulas, operations with exponents, expanding expressions, and calculating averages. It also includes a bonus question about calculating pre-tax price given a post-tax price and sales tax rate.

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College Math Placement Test

The document contains a 10 question placement test covering math skills like simplifying expressions, evaluating expressions for given values, solving equations, using formulas, operations with exponents, expanding expressions, and calculating averages. It also includes a bonus question about calculating pre-tax price given a post-tax price and sales tax rate.

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PLACEMENT TEST

1. Simplify:
20+43 ÷(8)
b) ‐4 c) 12 d) ‐10.5
a) 4

2.
Simplify: (2a – 4) + 2(a – 5) – 3(a+1)
b) a – 17 c) a – 11 d) 7a ‐17
a) 7a – 11

3. Evaluate the expression: 4a2_4ab+b2 , when a = 2 and b = 5

a) ‐14 b) 1 c) 66
d) 81

4. Firefighters use the formula S = 0.5P + 26 to compute the horizontal range S in feet of water from a
particular hose, where P is the nozzle pressure in pounds. Find the horizontal range if pressure is 90 lb.

a) 44 feet b) 450 feet c) 19 feet d) 71 feet

5. Simplify: 2x2(3x2)3
a) 54x12 b) 18x8 c) 18x12 d) 54x8

6. Express in scientific notation : 0. 0000056

a) 5.6x10-6 b) 5.6x106
c) 5.6x10-5 d) 5.6x10-7

7. Expand: 1.20x105

a) 12000000
b) 1200000 c) 120000 d) 12000

8(x – 2) – 5(x + 4) = 20 + x
PLACEMENT TEST
8. Solve:
b) x = 28 c) x = ‐8 d) x = ‐18
a) x = 9

9. Solve: ‐3(2x – 3) ≤ 27

a) x ≤ ‐6 b) x ≥ ‐6 c) x ≥ ‐3 d) x ≤ ‐3

10. John averaged 82 out of 100 on his first three tests. What was John’s score on the fourth test if his
average after the fourth test dropped to 79 out of 100?

a) Cannot be found b) 80 c) 75 d) 70

BONUS. The sales tax rate in Wilson County is 6.75%. Suppose total price of an item that you bought in
Wilson
County including taxes is $14.93, what is the price (rounded to two decimal places) before tax?

a) $12.93 b) $13.99 c) $15.94 d) $8.91

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